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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1574-1597
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Gokstule, -stuil(l, n. Also: goik stuill. [Var. of Cokstule.] A cuckstool. —1574 St. A. Kirk S. 399.
Sche … to sitt in the gokstuil during the magistrattis will 1576 Ib. 420.
To sit in the gok stule xxiiij howris 1597 Elgin Rec. II. 52.
To mak thair publict repentans … the man in the joiggis and the woman in the … gokstuill
